SortEight spotlights we know it for his sharp humor and his marked personality. But today, Aubrey Plaza is facing a particularly hard and painful period of her life. During an episode of the podcast Good Hangconducted by her friend Amy Pohler, the actress openly spoke of the tragedy that marked her: the Death of the husband, the director and screenwriter Jeff Baenacommitted suicide last January at 47 years old. His disappearance has left an unbridgeable void, and for Aubrey the one with pain is “a daily struggle”.
The mourning of Aubrey Plaza: an open wound
The death of Jeff Baena, director of Life After Beth And The Little Hoursshocked Aubrey, with which she was married since 2021 after ten years of relationship. The two came from a difficult period, which had led them to separation. Speaking with Amy Pohler, the actress described the first months after the tragedy as a continuous face to face the unthinkable. “In general, I’m here and I’m going on,” he said. «I feel grateful to be able to move around the world. I think I am ok. Obviously it is a daily struggle».
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A cinematographic analogy for pain
Aubrey has also found a cinematographic metaphor to tell her suffering. He made himself back to the science fiction film Mysteries from the deep (Italian title of The Gorge) with Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Juy, in which the protagonists are trapped in a throat between two cliffs, surrounded by monsters. “I swear that when I saw it, I thought:” Here’s what you feel, how my pain is “,” he explained. Its analogy is powerful and visual: “There is constantly this gigantic horror ocean that is right there and I can see it”said Aubrey, describing her mourning as something constant and threatening. And, as in the film, the choice is not to surrender. «Sometimes I simply want to immerse themselves and stay inside it, and sometimes I observe it. Sometimes I try to escape. And it’s always there “added the actress.
Aubrey Plaza, pain as a travel companion
Aubrey Plaza spoke of her pain as a “monster” that is always presentbut with whom he must learn to live. His testimony is a reflection on mourning, but also an act of resilience. Despite everything, the actress continues to walk in the world, trying to Find the strength to go on. His mourning experience invites us to reflect on how each of us faces loss, and how pain, unfortunately, is part of life. But the important thing is not to allow it to totally define who we are.
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